INDUMBA – Photo by Ken Carl
Wednesday 26 August – 19h00
Thursday 27 August – 12noon (repeat screening)
INDUMBA
Premiere: 2017
Choreography: Fana Tshabalala
Originally creating INDUMBA to illuminate the perpetual impact of unresolved apartheid politics in South Africa, Fana Tshabalala, Artistic Director of Broken Borders Arts Project, spent three weeks in residence with Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre in July 2017, to adapt INDUMBA for an American audience. “Indumba” means African healing hut. This is an excerpt.
Parallel Lives – Photo by Michelle Reid
Parallel Lives
Premiere: 2018
Choreography: Gary Abbott
A contemporary narrative inspired by poor, working women who have shared life-changing events, both beautiful and tragic.
GOSHEN Extract – Photo by Ken Carl
Dance Revival (GOSHEN Excerpt)
Premiere: 2019
Choreography: Tshediso Kabulu
Music: Donald Lawrence
The Story of the Exodus brings together Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre and Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, and gospel artist Donald Lawrence in a collaboration of gospel music, dramatic narrative, and dance theatre, exploring historic biblical themes of power, oppression, and deliverance in a contemporary setting. This is an excerpt.
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
Gary Abbott (Choreographer)
Nicole Clarke-Springer (Artistic Director)
Tshediso Kabulu (Choreographer)
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT), under the artistic direction of Nicole Clarke-Springer, re-imagines and diversifies the aesthetics of contemporary dance by uniting modern, classical, American, and African-American traditions in dance and storytelling. Through its uncompromising pursuit of excellence, DRDT demonstrates the transformative power of art and beauty through dance education, performance, and cultural enrichment in Chicago and on the world stage. They have a long history with JOMBA! and have facilitated many exchanges and collaborations between South African artists and their DRDT home base in Chicago.